Capt. Johnson Flashes Fraternity Sign, Gets Called A 'Gang Member

[cal04]

Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson, the highway patrol captain placed in charge of security in Ferguson Missouri, was photographed making hand signs that some quickly thought were gang signs. The thing is, they were actually hand signs for the black fraternity Johnson has been part of, Kappa Alpha Psi.

The Washington Post's Soraya Nadia McDonald in a post published early on Wednesday pointed out that the hand signs Johnson had been making in photographs some thought were gang signs were actually fraternity hand signs.

Soraya wrote:
To reiterate: Capt. Johnson is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, a black fraternity that was formed in 1911 at Indiana University in Bloomington, and the hand sign you see in the pictures below is a Kappa greeting. The Kappas are part of the Divine Nine or the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the nine historically black fraternities and sororities that include Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Iota Phi Theta, none of which are gangs.

The idea that Johnson was actually displaying gang signs seem to have been rooted in a CNN iReport post that, as the Post points out, seems to have been taken down. But the idea that Johnson was a member of the Bloods or some other gang still gained momentum on Twitter.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ferguson-missouri-ron-johnson-gang-kappa-alpha-psi


By Wednesday though people started to point out the confusion.

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https://twitter.com/true_east_/status/501588649054838784/photo/1
Wow. So this article said Ron Johnson is throwing up “gang signs”. I’m assuming they know nothing about fraternities.



https://twitter.com/DearRanda/status/501780699536314368/photo/1
My 7th grade social studies teacher and "gang" member Ron Johnson throwing up their "gang" sign

David Waldman
Flashing gang signs, blue bandana & everything.


https://twitter.com/KagroX/status/502116796108120064/photo/1

Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson is not a gang member. He’s just a Kappa.
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This particular piece of misinformation, asserting Johnson was aligning himself with the Bloods, appears to have originated in a post on CNN’s iReport site — since removed — and then circulated on Twitter by user @DixielandDiva, an account that no longer exists.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/20/missouri-highway-patrol-capt-ron-johnson-is-not-a-gang-member-hes-just-a-kappa/

[Kali]

1. OMG

the wing nuts can be truly and idiotically hilarious

[justiceischeap]

2. Look at this idiot throwing gang signs!

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. I knew there was something I liked about Capt. Johnson ...

we're in the same "Gang"! Phi Nupe, Brother Johnson!

Interestingly, this "misunderstanding" is/should be a teachable moment regarding the "one-way racial consciousness" of American society. Had CNN, or any of the other "media" agencies had ONE Black person on their staff, or one person familiar with Black culture/history, this would have never gone to air.

[BronxBoy]

19. You got that right.....

and if they fucked this up that badly...how much shit are they screwing up in their coverage of the Brown shooting or Black life in general.

[sunnystarr]

4. Another gang sign

[Orrex]

12. Too soon.

[freeplessinseattle]

33. lol, I have a feeling Mr. Williams would have loved your post!:) n/t

[wildeyed]

5. Here's one.

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[VanGoghRocks]

20. Thread winner, hands down! I am in total awe!

[KamaAina]

6. Gang member?!

Any fool can see he's part of the Illuminati, like Beyonce.

[lpbk2713]

7. It's a conspiracy I tells ya.

"Blessent mon cœur d'une langueur monotone."

[Orsino]

8. It's a terrorist fist bump!

And they don't even have to bump!

[yuiyoshida]

13. That was my first thought...

Was waiting for "Fox News" to jump in there any moment and identify it to the world, as a gang sign. Disgusting behavior calling it gang signs. Republicans seem to be itching for real violence.

[cyberswede]

9. But isn't a black fraternity the same thing as a gang?

[1StrongBlackMan]

21. AQs quiet as it's kept ...

ask any Black person working in corporate America (especially at a management level) about the side-eyes they get (from their white colleagues) whenever more than 2 Black folks are seen together. It's almost like they (the white colleagues) are sure ... positive, we are planning an insurrection!

[Dr. Strange]

31. No...

but he's wearing the uniform of one of the worst gangs currently out there.

[Historic NY]

10. Thats cause they're are dumb ass freepers.

[951-Riverside]

11. Meanwhile the Police Gang under his command are pointing guns at media and threatening them

...but that doesnt fit their racist Right Wing agenda. In fact they welcome it.



This is far worse than any stupid hand signal.

Original source: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/51598475/highlight/541859

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Here is another Ferguson cop telling media trying to ask Capt Johnson a question to: "Get over on that shoulder and get your asses moving". Johnson does nothing.

Video: http://bit.ly/1rWxMlW

Snapshot:


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https://twitter.com/KatCaulder/status/501971229964648450

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https://twitter.com/NewsRevo/status/501960015641870336/

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https://twitter.com/Emma_Salum/status/501977069753233408
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CNN host: Nat. Guard said ‘you never know’ what Ferguson ‘n*ggers’ are going to do



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/20/cnn-host-nat-guard-said-you-never-know-what-ferguson-nggers-are-going-to-do/

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Freedom of the Press Foundation: 14 journalists arrested in Ferguson

https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2014/08/documenting-arrests-journalists-ferguson

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Shameful Ron

[1StrongBlackMan]

22. Okay, we get it ...

it's the Black guy(s) fault white police are racially acting out. He should just fire the entire Ferguson, County and National guard force ... If not Capt. Johnson, then surely President Obama!

[951-Riverside]

23. I don't think YOU get it.

He's in command, he should have control, if he doesnt have control then he should step aside and if no one can control the police then there needs to be a total stand down of police in that area.

Got it?

[1StrongBlackMan]

25. Yes, I got it ...

have you ever been "in command" of anything beside your "Black Ops" game?

Besides, it seems as though things are being handled (the way the are in real life): http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025419108

[SunSeeker]

14. K & R

[Drunken Irishman]

15. But no, racism doesn't exist, right John Roberts?

C'mon, Capt. Johnson, don't be a mouth piece for these racist assholes.

[tblue37]

16. Remember "terrorist fist bump"? nt

[Xithras]

17. Conservative racists are generally an uneducated lot and never went to college.

"College students go Greek? Isn't that a gay sex thing?"

OHMIGAWD!!! TEH GAYS HAVE SECRET GANG HAND SIGNS NOW!! RON JOHNSON MUST BE GAY TOO!!!!



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Conservative logic...aka: pulling random things out of our ass and calling them facts because they advance a conservative agenda.

[bigtree]

18. FINALLY, someone reports on Capt. Johnson's gangy past

Last edited Wed Aug 20, 2014, 05:57 PM - Edit history (1)

Rembert Browne @rembert · 7h

FINALLY, someone reports on Capt. Johnson's gangy past. Might get dicey when rival gang member Eric Holder shows up. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/20/missouri-highway-patrol-capt-ron-johnson-is-not-a-gang-member-hes-just-a-kappa/ …



Ryan J. Reilly @ryanjreilly · 3h
VIDEO: Eric Holder meets Ron Johnson #Ferguson

[1StrongBlackMan]

24. LOL ...

Oh damn ... there is already a Sigma (the Rev. Al) and a Que (the Rev. Jesse) up in there ... maybe they'll have a Step Show for Justice?!?

[bigtree]

28. "You are the man."

Ryan J. Reilly @ryanjreilly · 3h
"You are the man." -- Eric Holder to Ron Johnson #Ferguson

[SummerSnow]

26. Damn, even the baby is in a gang..

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[SummerSnow]

27. Well we know Wall Street are a bunch of thugs...

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/1165667072/h6E8EDDCE/

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/4264423424/hFE6CE2E9/

[notadmblnd]

29. Appears these people are responsible for spreading this particular turd

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/02/06/a-treehouse-theory-the-connection-we-share/

Make sure you shower after if you visit there.

[Politicalboi]

30. And the most famous gang banger

Live long and prosper so I have more time to kill you.

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